Ricardo Pascoe Pierce A fantastic bubble has enveloped President López Obrador in a time capsule where he does not quite know which century he lives in. Throughout his troubled presidency, he has shown signs that he lives in several centuries simultaneously, with an immaterial body …
Luis Rubio At the beginning of the year 2000, Mexico was facing a crossroads. The electoral contest was taking shape, the electoral institutions had been duly installed, and the expectation, overly justified, was that the electoral jousts would be clean, competitive, and pacific. However, no …
Antonio Navalón I promise not to watch AMLO’s morning press conference shows anymore. I promise that from now on, my brain will be dedicated to thinking of something Mr. President has not suggested. I promise I will remember that the solution to all our problems …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Mexican State is directly responsible for the murder of the 39 migrants killed in Ciudad Juarez. The best proof of this is the desperate, crude, and empathy-lacking attempts to evade all responsibility for the homicide exhibited by the country’s top political …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce There are important signs of resistance by the people to the failure of the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The government perceives this resistance and makes the President go on the offensive. The resort to governing with daily rhetoric, telling lies, …
Luis Rubio The neighborhood is not only complicated but also extraordinarily contrasting. Although the border region between Mexico and the United States constitutes an exceptional space, distant from Mexico City as well as from Washington, the reality is that it is the most critical flashpoint …
Luis Rubio Mexicans seem to enjoy economic and political crossroads; the country is often faced with one because it seldom addresses its underlying challenges. Now, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, has chosen to avoid economic crossroads altogether by simply killing the goose …
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Ricardo Pascoe Pierce In a strictly electoral speech, President López Obrador spoke at a civic ceremony in the Zócalo about energy, continuity, elections, and oligarchs. He mentioned former President Felipe Calderón, pointing out “that it is no longer time for murky ties between the Mexican …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce A dark cloud of uncertainty exists like a cloak over the restless Mexican Republic. Rumors of possible attempts to retain power “at any cost” by the official party are intermingled with death struggles among the “transformist” factions to win their party’s presidential …